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odds definition

odds (ädz)

plural noun

  1. Archaic inequalities
  2. Now Rare difference or amount of difference
  3. difference in favor of one side over the other; advantage
  4. an equalizing advantage given or received in betting, based on a given bettor's assumed chance of winning and expressed as a ratio a winning bettor who got odds of 3 to 1 is paid three times as much as he or she bet
odds Idioms

at odds

in disagreement; quarreling

by (all) odds

by far; unquestionably

(the) odds are

the likelihood is

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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